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March 6th, 2015

March 6, 2015

An estimated 1,000 people nearly filled the North Dakota Winter Show Main Arena Thursday for the Open Draft Horse Pull. The arena was filled with a wide variety of fans, from senior citizens to parents and their children.

March 5th

March 5, 2015

Linda Sorenson of Pillsbury made the first pull at the North Dakota Winter Show truck pull Tuesday in the breast cancer awareness truck.

Mark Compson and his crew readied the truck for his friend, a five-year breast cancer survivor, to help bring awareness to the disease; his sister Brenda is currently battling stage-four breast cancer. Mark will make the truck available to drivers that want to increase breast cancer awareness throughout the truck-pull season.

March 5, 2015

Several area organizations, clubs and businesses, including Thunderbird Ranch Gourmet Foods pictured here, served samples of some of their favorite recipes for 50 cents a piece at Wednesday's tasting bee, a part of the North Dakota Winter Show's Timeless Traditions.

Thunderbird Ranch, a Pride of Dakota company owned by the Open Door Center, served wine slushes sans wine at the bee. The slush mixes start with real fruit powders and are complete after adding a bottle of dry white wine, a bottle of water and the slush mix and freezing.

March 5, 2015

Kimberly Franklin will be the Barnes County 9-1-1 coordinator and will receive $48,000 per year for the job, or $67,000 per year including benefits, county commissioners decided 4-1 at a Tuesday evening commission meeting.

March 5, 2015

Barnes County Commissioners will encourage state legislators to clarify acceptable proof of a complete residential address so that poll clerks will be able to explain voter identification rules to voters.

March 4th

March 4, 2015

The victim and suspects of an alleged robbery involving a popular local Facebook sales site have been identified.

Andrew Adams, 25, of Valley City was charged in Barnes County District Court of felony robbery, a class B felony, for his alleged role in an incident that took place in a downtown Valley City parking lot early Sunday. An arrest warrant for Jennifer Schultz, 24, also of Valley City, was issued for her role in the alleged robbery, according to Barnes County State's Attorney Carl Martineck. Schultz turned herself in Wednesday.

March 4, 2015

A traffic accident report may have delivered a robbery suspect into the hands of Valley City Police Sunday. The incident reportedly took place during the arranged exchange of an item purchased on a popular local Facebook sale page.

March 4, 2015

Valley City's own Greg Hager performs at the Country Hoedown at the Valley City Eagles Club Tuesday. The event, a part of the North Dakota Winter Show's Timeless Traditions, also featured a husband and wife duo called Stampede and Fran Armstrong, a cowgirl poet from Medora.